The Good Newspaper

By TEARS Animal Rescue TEARS Animal Rescue is honouring the golden oldies and long-stay legends—the dogs with greying snouts and patient eyes, the quiet souls in the back kennels who’ve waited far too long for a place to belong. And one of those legends, Darwin, now renamed Charlie, has finally found his forever home.   Charlie’s story began in heartbreak. Rescued by TEARS in June last year, the young Greyhound-Pointer-Africanis mix arrived in a state of severe neglect. Mange

By  Liquidlingo Communications We are seeing the ongoing rise of pet humanisation, elevating our furry companions from functional property or fond companions to full-blown, much-loved family members. This cultural change has shifted us from providing our pets with the basics of life to lavishing them with the best human-style care we can afford. Far from shopping for the cheapest ‘dog blankets’ in discount shops, pet owners are now driving huge growth in high quality pet food

By TLC Two young women, Judith and Siya, who began their lives at TLC Children’s Home in Johannesburg before being adopted separately to Germany as babies, have returned to South Africa for several months to volunteer at Embrace Village - a community initiative founded by TLC’s Managing Director, Pippa Jarvis. Judith, staying for three months, and Siya, for six, are working alongside the Embrace team to run sports and learning activities for mothers and children in the villag

By Soapbox Communications Running a business is never just about numbers, stock or sales. For many South Africans, the biggest barrier to success isn’t lack of opportunity, but the unresolved trauma of poverty, abuse and loss. Trauma shapes mindset. It influences reactions, which in turn shape actions and behaviours. Left unaddressed, it can hold people back, cloud decision-making and make businesses fragile and unsustainable. In South Africa, mental health challenges are dee

By Fadia Williams from McWilliams & Company Educational Services   In every school corridor, from the bustling city campus to the rural classroom, I’ve seen the same look in teachers’ eyes, a quiet fatigue. It’s not just tiredness from long hours, but a deeper depletion that comes from trying to sustain passion in a system that often rewards survival over significance.   After two decades in education, as a teacher, principal, curriculum developer, and educational consultant,

By Taking Care of Business Poverty Eradication Day on 17 October is a global reminder of the urgent need to create pathways out of poverty for millions of people. Globally, more than 3 billion people (half the population of the world) live on less than $2.50 (R43,50) a day and are classified as ‘absolutely poor’. In South Africa, 30 million people were living below the national poverty line in 2015, with the World Bank predicting that number to grow to 41,8 million people by